Tressa Reeves and Patrick Farrell settle illegal adoption case

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Tressa Reeves and Patrick Farrell settled their alleged unlawful adoption claim in the High Court, as reported on 11 July 2018.

The action arose from Farrell’s adoption in 1961 and Reeves’s decades-long search for him before their reunion in 2013. The defendants denied the claims. The court struck out the proceedings after being told the parties had reached a comprehensive agreement, with liberty to apply to re-enter the action. The settlement terms are confidential.